Hi Ian! >Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:21:36 +0100 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hi. Me again. That's what happens if I save up all the messages and then >reply to them all at once... :-) > >On Thu, 19 Jan 95 7:06:59 CET, Arne Di Russo said: > >> BTW why MIDI and not network (Did ever an application use the network??)? > >As far as I can see, they are the same thing. I haven't a clue what the >extra 2 pins on the MIDI port are for, because if you switch the Sam on, >type DEVICE N and then save something, it goes through the MIDI port. I >have a connection between my +3 MIDI port and the Sam one so that I can >easily transfer programs across. (Unfortunately, SamDOS doesn't know about >device N, so you have to poke the DOS away whenever you want to use that >device. I haven't got MasterDOS, but from what I gather it allows device N >but uses it in an incompatible manner. Perhaps it actually uses the "real" >network?).
I don't know much about it but SAM Tech manual says on page 3: MIDI IN: MIDI OUT: PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 net - loop 1 net - loop 2 not connected 2 gnd 3 net + loop 3 net + loop 4 midi + in 4 midi + out 5 midi - in 5 midi - out 6 net - loop 6 net - loop 7 net + loop 7 net + loop So it seems to me that net and midi do use quite separate outputs and inputs. I wrote some midi sw some time ago and the ports worked fine (both input and output) but midi cables use only 2 connections pin 4 and 5 of each connector MIDI IN and OUT. I never found some info about pins 1,3,6,7 so I don't know how they are used for the network... Bye, Arne +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | Arne Di Russo Internet..: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...leeds.ac.uk soon! | | Rome, Italy Fidonet...: 2:335/311.55 and 2:335/21.55 | | Voice.....: ++39/6/56338158 after 8pm CET | | ---- proud - SAM Coupe 512K - Psion Series 3 - GUS MAX - owner ---- | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
